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Honoring and Renewing Dr. King’s Other, More Challenging, Dream — 55 Years Later

By Peter Laarman

…a level: in the struggle to get ahead in a winner-take-all culture, in the toll that struggle takes in damaging personal relations and susceptibility to addictions, in the deference shown to “superiors” and the contempt directed toward people further down in the pecking order. For many others, the violence of the American caste system is only too visible in the form of militarized policing and racist mass incarceration; brutal housing and educatio…

Unquestioned Support for Israel Wasn’t Always the Way for Conservative Christians

By Amy Fallas

…estinians. According to a policy paper from the U.S. State Department, the number of displaced Palestinian persons numbered 725,000 by May 1949. Although Palestinian repatriation and compensation for property was required under the UN Partition Agreement of 1947 and UN Resolution 192, Israeli Foreign minister Moshe Sharett objected on the basis “that their [Palestinian] return would disturb the homogeneity of Israeli areas.” In response, Christian…

Not Peace, But Division? Evangelical Vaccine Refusers Divide Families

By Chrissy Stroop

…refusers represent a minority of white evangelicals, they have sufficient numbers and visibility to cause serious problems. The New York Times recently quoted an evangelical pastor who claims he’s aware of colleagues who’ve been forced out of their pulpits because of their support for public health measures, and prominent evangelical magazine Christianity Today similarly reports that many evangelical pastors are scared of taking a public stand on…

When the Golden Rule is Used to Silence Dissent and Protect the Politically Powerful

By John Stoehr

…non of lies includes lies about the covid pandemic, culminating in a death toll now exceeding half a million. Their repertoire of lies includes lies about the election, culminating in the worst attack on our government since September 11, 2001. Their stockpile of lies includes The Big One repeated Sunday by three GOP senators and one GOP House leader to the detriment of millions of television viewers. How does a republic deal with parties that lie…

Today’s Inauguration Was a Reconsecration of Sacred Space

By Peter Laarman

…ffering. The grief we feel on January 20 flows not just from Covid’s awful toll but also from our anguish over the obvious fragility of American democracy and our nation’s ever-worsening structural injustices—appalling inequities that are too often euphemized as “disparities.” I want to focus on suffering and the religious dimension. Just as soldiers once insisted that no one is an atheist in a foxhole, so too were there plenty of non-religious in…

Why ‘Do You Believe in God?’ Is at the Heart of Our Religious Problem

By Michael Jerryson

…it is to talk about death, to plan for it, and to unpack its psychological toll. From this class and my further work, I became academically aware of how uncomfortable people in the United States are about death—and how their religious practices contribute to this discomfort. Since my terminal diagnosis, I’ve been able to draw upon my personal experiences to re-examine my research. Moreover, I’ve found that this diagnosis has become a vehicle to ac…

Capricology: Big Ideas, Lack of Humanity

By Diane Winston

…to fully differentiate themselves from their parent. Tamara, aware of the toll that Joseph’s quest has taken, pretends to shoot herself, then de-rezzes him. It’s a noble choice. Zoe, maddened by the news that Daniel plans to “kill” her, launches a desperate bid to escape. It’s a last stand that may end up costing her freedom and her father’s company. Just as Joseph’s family—Tamara, Emmanuelle (a.k.a. God with us) and Sam conspire to save him, Dan…

Indonesia: As Volcano Erupts, a Spiritual Loss

By Mark Woodward

…’s Mount Merapi is still spewing clouds of ash into the sky, and the death toll from the eruptions that began two weeks ago has grown to 191, with more than 350,000 people displaced. Gunung Merapi (“The Mountain of Fire”) is the most active volcano in Indonesia and one of the most active in the world. Merapi is located approximately 30 kilometers north of Yogyakarta, a city of approximately 500,000. On clear days, views of the mountain dominate th…

The Forgotten Nones: The High Cost of Fleeing Fundamentalist Religion

By Andreea Nica

…very positive relationships, my leaving the religion has certainly taken a toll on our interactions. I feel that it has been difficult to find alternative ways to meaningfully connect with my family members now that religion has been taken out of the equation. It often feels that we are speaking different languages and we haven’t found a way to bridge that gap to come to shared understanding. Lena: It’s terrifying…I just completely avoid my family…

How Sikhs Handle Hate

By Rajdeep Singh and Simran Jeet Singh

…ng, occupied a major highway, and expressed Sikh sovereignty by collecting toll taxes from travelers. Although Bota Singh and Garja Singh were eventually arrested and executed by the state, their legacy is a thriving community of over 25 million Sikhs throughout the world. Just as the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church could not suppress the American Civil Rights Movement or, later on, Bill Baxley’s pursuit of justice, the attack on th…